The action in Baaghi, which moves back and forth between the Kerala backwaters and the bright lights on the Chao Phraya, is a mish-mash of Kalaripayattu, Muay Thai and Chinese martial arts.
Making matters worse, its puerile plot is pounded to pulp by pumped-up posturing passed off as performance.
Cinematographer Binod Pradhan, on his part, spares no effort to deliver pretty images, frequently capturing Kerala in all its picture postcard splendour. But his labour is wasted on an insipid narrative.
Given the antediluvian storytelling methods on show, no panther, puma or Tiger Shroff can save this ride from swinging between the utterly fatuous and the hopelessly hackneyed.
( 1.5 / 5 )